content(HTML attribute)

Syntax

Description

content
is a required attribute. It’s this part of the meta
element that contains the actual meta information, which is defined by the
name attribute.

Example

Here, the
content attribute contains a list of categories
that the document relates to:

<meta name="categories" content="work, projects, current"/>

Value

The value of
content varies in accordance with the value of the
name attribute. It may be a simple summary of the
document, a comma-separated list of words or values, a person’s name, or
any string of characters.

Compatibility

Internet Explorer

Firefox

Safari

Opera

Chrome

5.5

6.0

7.0

8.0

1.0

1.5

2.0

3.0

3.5

1.3

2.0

3.1

4.0

9.2

9.5

10.0

2.0

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full

Full support is provided for the meta
element—all browsers expose a document’s meta information via the Document
Object Model.